My Favorite Books: A List in Progress
This is another evolving list that will never be complete and does not represent every book I’ve ever read. I’ll always be adding new books as they make my true love list (or as I recall more of my past true loves), and I’ll also note when a particular series starts to fade.
Young Adult
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
The Cursed Child by JK Rowling
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin
A Madness so Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
The Memory Book by Lara Avery
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Urban Fantasy
Mercy Thomas series by Patricia Briggs
Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris through book 8
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Hollows by Kim Harrison
The Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward through book 8 (although 7 is skipable)
Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong
Cainsville series by Kelley Armstrong
Mystery/Thriller
In Death series by JD Robb
Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich through book 10
Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen (I find the books to be very different from the TV show and don’t like the show)
Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Department Q Series by Jussi Alder-Olsen
The Obsession by Nora Roberts
The Scotland Yard Murder Squad Series by Alex Grecian
The Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Romance
9 Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen
The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
KGI series by Maya Banks (action/romance)
Three Sisters Trilogy by Nora Roberts (fantasy/romance)
Signs of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts (fantasy/romance)
The Circle Trilogy (fantasy/romance)
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophia Kinsella
The Last Victim (Charlotte Stone series) by Karen Robards
The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgon
Fiction
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
The Mothers by Brit Bennet
The Girl Before by JP Delaney
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (this is more Sci-fi)
Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys
Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
Girl Waits with Gun Amy Stewart
Lady Cop Makes Trouble Amy Stewart
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
The Martian by Andrew Weir
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
How To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Games of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire) by George R.R. Martin
Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Crouch
Millennium Trilogy by Steig Larsson (but not Girl Caught in a Spider’s Web)
Horror
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Shining by Stephen King
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Mr Mercedes Trilogy by Stephen King
Phantoms by Dean Koontz
Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz
Self-Help
The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes (not exactly self-help but more than a memoir)
Rising Strong by Brene Brown
Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff
The Passion Test by Janet Bray Atwood and Chris Atwood
Making Your Creative Dreams Real by Sark
Succulent Wild Woman by Sark
The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes (not true self-help but more than a memoir)
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain
Creating Money: Attracting Abundance by Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer
